For the use of and the service rendered by the sewage works, rates and charges shall be collected from the owners of each and every lot, parcel of real estate or building that is connected with the city’s sanitary sewerage system or otherwise discharges sanitary, sewage, industrial wastes, water or other liquids, either directly or indirectly into the sanitary sewage system of the city which rates and charges shall be payable as provided and shall be in the amount determinable as follows:
(A) Except as herein otherwise provided, sewage rates and charges shall be based on the quantity of water used on or in the property or premises subject to such rates and charges, as the same is measured by the water meter there in use.
(B) The water usage schedule on which the amount of the sewage rates and charges shall be determined shall be as follows. Total wastewater usage rate charged and effective month, date and year of the charge:
Rates and charges since 01/01/2010 | 01/01/2017 | 01/01/2018 | |
Per 100 gallons of water used each month | $0.351 | $0.428 | $0.505 |
Maximum monthly single family residential use charge (10,000 gals.) | $40.16 | $49.00 | $57.85 |
(C) In addition to the foregoing rates, each rate payor to be billed as hereinabove defined shall pay the following per month for such billing and administrative expenses of the wastewater utility:
Rates and charges since 01/01/2010 | 01/01/2017 | 01/01/2018 | |
Monthly billing and administrative charge | $5.06 | $6.20 | $7.35 |
(D) In the event a user is not a metered water customer, or if the user or director makes a reasonable showing to the Board that metered water usage is an unreasonable measure of sewage flow, the user may be billed, at the option of the Board, based upon his actual sewage flow if that is reasonably determinable, or otherwise, upon the estimated actual sewage flow as determined by the Director; further that, the Board may make such adjustments in charges to any individual customer that the Board shall deem equitable and reasonable, taking into consideration the user’s total water usage and nature of such usage.
(‘85 Code, § 9.08) (Am. Ord. 40-1990, passed 9-10-90; Am. Ord. 6-1998, passed 4-13-98; Am. Ord. 13-2004, passed 7-12-04; Am. Ord. 9-2005, passed 4-11-05; Am. Ord. 29-2016, passed 11-14-16)